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  • Israel delegation to Washington for White House talks on Syria later this week

    Date: 2017-08-15 14:01:26 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:6946224

    GAZA CITY, Aug 15 (MENA) - A delegation of Israeli defense officials will visit Washington later this week for talks with senior White House and American defense officials, Haaretz reported Tuesday. The delegation will be headed by Mossad chief ....

  • Israel detains number of Palestinians in West Bank, demolishes building in Quds

    Date: 2017-08-15 09:21:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6945449

    RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) – Israeli forces detained a number of Palestinians at dawn on Tuesday during incursions in different parts of the West Bank. In northern Hebron, the forces detained three Palestinians after storming into their ....

  • Israeli forces arrest Palestinian activist Raed Salah

    Date: 2017-08-15 08:06:31 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6945366

    RAMALLAH, Aug 15 (MENA) - Palestinian activist Raed Salah was arrested overnight Tuesday following a raid on his home in Umm al Fahm city, some 20 km northwest of Jenin in Israel's Haifa district. Ynet reported that Israeli forces stormed Salah's ....

  • Israeli occupation forces detain 15 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2017-08-14 11:19:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6944095

    RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA)- The Palestinian Prisoner Club said that Israeli occupation forces detained 15 Palestinians in the West Bank early Monday. The Palestinian citizens were detained from the villages of Silwan, Biddu, and Al Eizariya in Al ....

  • Lavrov says all intermediary efforts on Libya should be UN-based

    Date: 2017-08-14 11:16:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:6944136

    MOSCOW, Aug 14 (MENA) - All intermediary efforts on Libya should be based on the United Nations and contribute to a dialogue between the Libyan parties, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with head of the Libyan National Army ....

  • Israeli occupation forces demolish houses donated by EU in Hebron city

    Date: 2017-08-14 08:52:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6943841

    RAMALLAH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Monday morning demolished houses that were donated by the European Union in Khashm al-Daraj at southern Hebron city. Large number of Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers and workers have ....

  • Settlers storm into Aqsa anew

    Date: 2017-08-14 08:10:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:6943785

    RAMALLAH, Aug 14 (MENA) - Groups of Jewish settlers stormed into al Aqsa mosque on Monday guarded by Israel forces. Local sources said that the settlers went in provocative tours inside the mosque compound. (MENA) M H K/M H E ....

  • Israeli PM proposes new law enabling him to declare war without governmental approval

    Date: 2017-08-13 22:38:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:6943586

    RAMALLAH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to promote an amendment to the 2001 'Basic Law: The Government', Jerusalem Online reported. The amendment would allow Netanyahu to declare war- or initiate a military ....

  • Palestinian national powers call for marches against Trump's pro-Israel bias

    Date: 2017-08-13 11:41:12 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:6942462

    RAMALLAH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Palestinian national and Islamic powers in Ramallah and Al Bireh governorate renewed their rejection of the US stance which they described as biased towards the Israeli occupation, pointing to the pressures being exerted on ....

  • Israeli occupants arrest relatives of Palestinian attacker in Helmish operation

    Date: 2017-08-13 10:17:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:6942388

    RAMALLAH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday stormed into Couper village in northern Ramallah city at central occupied West Bank. During the crackdown, Israeli forces arrested two relatives of the Palestinian attacker, Omar ....

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